Hinge for water-closet seats.



No. 675,797. Patented June 4, I90l. A. SHWAB. HINGE FOR WATER CLOSETSEATS.

(Application filed Nov. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

ADOLPII SHYVAB, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

HINGE FOR WATER-CLOSET SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,797, dated June 4,1901.

Application filed November 24, 1899. Serial No. 788,154. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SHWAB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges forater-Closet Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of thosehinges in which the seat and lid are connected together by hinges commonto both members.

My improvement comprises hinge posts or standards adapted for attachmentto the bowl or crockery in the usual manner, each having a vertical headformed with a pivot-eye, a seat, a lid, right-angle plates having theirinner parts secured to the inner face of the lid and their outer partsformed with pivoteyes and lapping the sides of the seat, andpivot-screws mounted in the pivot-eyes of the posts or standards andextending through the pivot-eyes of the outer parts of theright-angleplates and secured to the sides of the seat, so as to turntherewith and provide pivots common to both the seat and the lid, ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a seatand lid equipped with my improved hinge, the lid being thrown back; Fig.2, a side elevation, dotted lines representing the position of the lidwhen thrown back; and Fig. 3, a detail perspective of the hinge with theparts in relative position for assembling together.

The seat 1 and lid 2 are of the usual construction.

The hinge posts or standards 3, by which the seat and lid are secured tothe bowl or crockery, are of the usual construction with the exceptionthat they are provided with an eye 4, extending through their verticalheads. WVood-screws 5, passed through this eye, so as to turn freelytherein, are entered into the seat at the sides thereof, and when theseat is raised or lowered they turn with it and have their bearings insaid eyes. There are two right-angular hinge stops or members 6,vvhichhave one leg 7 secured to the lower portion of the lid by suitablescrews, while the other legs 8 of said members are provided with eyes 9,through which the screws 5 loosely pass, the said legs 8 being locatedbetween the head of the hinge-posts and the sides of the seat. Thishinge permits the seat and lid to lie close together when folded anddisposes the lid very close to the back edge of the seat when the lid israised. Similarly the seat and lid, by reason of being hinged on thesame axis, maintain the same relative positions when raised as whenclosed. \Vhen the members are thus hinged, the pipes at the back of thebowl are not interfered with by the seat and lid when raised, which is adefeet incident to those hinges which project backwardly and have theseat and lid hinged to the hinge-posts at different points, thus eonstitu tin g a double hinge, whereas the present invention is a single hinge.Other advantages the present invention possesses are its simplicity,cheapncss, and strength, and the small quantity of metal employed, whichreduces tarnishing or rusting to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An attachment for water-closets, comprising posts or standards, eachhaving a vertical head formed with a pivot-eye, a seat, a lid,right-angle plates having their inner parts secured to the inner face ofthe lid and their outer parts formed with pivot-eyes and lapping thesides of the seat, and pivot-screws mounted in the pivot-eyes of theposts or standards and extending through the pivoteyes of the outerparts of the right-angle plates and secured to the sides of the seat soas to turn therewith and provide pivots common to both the seat and thelid.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPII SlIWAll.

Witnesses:

PAUL SHWAE, MAX ZIMTBAUM.

